Avatars Now Supported On Profiles and Comments

Metalunderground.com now supports avatars for registered/logged in members of the site. The implementation is achieved using a third party service called Gravatar.com, which stands for Globally Recognized Avatar. So in order to have your avatar appear on metalunderground.com, you need to do these things:

Upload your desired avatar on Gravatar.com and assign the image to the email address used on your Metalunderground.com profile.

Notes:

To avoid any inconsistencies, it is recommended to type you email address in both Metalunderground.com and Gravatar in all lowercase.

Your email address is still never exposed within the HTML of Metalunderground.com or Gravatar. It is matched by comparing an MD5 hash of your email address, which is an irreversible encryption that generates a fixed-length string.

It may take some time for your avatar to show up on Metalunderground.com due to caching issues, so please be patient. If your avatar is showing up in your profile page, but not on comments after a day or two, please leave a comment about it here.

Pornographic avatars are strictly forbidden. They should not be allowed by the system, but if you do happen to get one to show up here, it is grounds fro instant revokation of your account and banning.

Avatars are a great way for our members to express themselves and to identify each other, so add yours today!

Very cool db - one of the best things about this site as well is that it's light and friendly to dial-up users while not slacking on the content, very cool the comments load before the avatars (at least in Firefox) for the content first. Think I'll have to change mine, even though I do love Loss!

Be patient. Because Gravatar's service must support so many users and images, caching plays a major role in maintaining good performance.

Your avatar will appear on your profile before on the comments due to the implementation here. Apparently it's being cached longer for some reason when used as a background image here, which is better for performance (like Cynic mentioned - the page loads without the images) and avoiding broken image indicators if there are ever problems with Gravatar. I see a bunch showing up this morning though!

If anyone does experience a major slowdown or feel the avatars are to the detriment of the site, please speak up and let me know. One thing I have been considering doing is to now show the comments on the article by default. Members (and even regular users) would, of course, have the option to always show comments. That would help the main content load faster for the general user, and not make them download some of those massive threads of messages plus the avatars...

I am liking the way the comments look now with all these avatars! I have noticed a few performance slow downs, but it doesn't really affect much except the total load time when some of the images time out instead of all load. I'm still seeing a number or regulars not registered - go sign up! :-)

Hey Kalis, were is yours ? At first I had pinhead from the hellraiser movies but then I chose Achmed the dead terrorist instead because I don't take myself seriously so it's closer to my personality and Achmed is so f***ing funny...silence.......I kill you !!!

Im very good, my little one is on fire and they let her be at home now !!! I am surprised but they said that she is so well that there is no need for her to stay at the hospital. So the family is doing great. how about you ?

Red_Chord my man.... whats goin on.... besides being a Dad..? Congrats btw.!! Life should become more interesting on a daily basis now...!!Jeff Dunham is one of the funniest guys Ive ever seen... I own a couple of his DVDs... the guy is hilarious... my favorite puppet is Walter but Achmed comes in second...!!

Achmed is awesome! I KEEL YOU!!! haha Hope everybody had a great 4th of July! 3 people were shot in downtown Chicago on the 3rd. Of course it got labeled as "gang related violence." Anyways, enjoy the rest of the holiday weekend!

Yeah, back on the phone Red. Got rid of the net on the comp due to the anti-virus that did not work and the comq got a trojan virus on it. Its all messed up and I am not too happy about it. Good thing is that I got a new phone that works better!

Hey ! I am not a monkey...well not that much...oh crap I AM a monkey...anybody got banana ? On the plus side I am going to be able to throw my feces on the wall and nobody will say anything because that's what monkeys do...woohoo

If we're all monkeys to some degree.... at my age, I'd be considered a Silver Back..!!

Red_Chord - sure glad to know the little one is doing OK...!! As for me..? Well, its been an interesting last year or two.... just when it couldnt get any worse...a slap in the face from reality says.... WAKE UP...!!! So, Ive cleared alot of hassles from my life recently and now I'm feeling quite relieved and a little less stressed..!! OK... ALOT less stressed..!!

i'll probably call all the monkeys so we can do a lot worse than just throw our sh** at them...but thanks for the banana anyway...well it could have been better with multiple bananas dipped in Jack Daniels.

Godlike, I am interested in what happened to you but the real reason why you feel a lot less stressed is because you got your hands on pot from BC in canada...hehehehehehe...

Yeah that's a good option, AX7 are full of sh** but not the real one so let's take care of that.

Kalis, for sciences sake, I think you should try to dip tons of things in Jack : cookies, fruits, pasta, chocolate (hell yeah!), meat, hair (comforting smell when you sleep) and I heard that putting Jack Daniels on your front porch may attract wild Jack Daniels bottle (just check to see if wild Jacks are listed as animals in your region...). I'll let you think about all the other possibilities until my new book comes out : The art of dipping everything in Jack Daniels and throwing pooh at suck a$$ bands. look at ytour local library for this book.

P.S It won't be available at Wall-Mart, somehow they think it might be offencive...whaaat?

*LOL* I would dip um.... nevermind what I was going to say is not for small eyes that visit here sometimes... Anywho, *looks innocent* Jack dipped in strawberries sounds deliciouse! Could you throw some poo at Miriah Carey too?

Just don't drink too much while in the act, cause then you might throw up all over...er, I mean, what the hell are you talking about Kalis, cuz I have no idea lol.

I've found that pineapple soaked in captain morgan tastes delicious, as does pineapple juice mixed with Captain as a drink itself, but it takes too long to get me off the deep end, so I usually just ending up drinking it straight even when the mix is available!.

Oh, and on topic with the article for once lol, I actually had my Gravatar account set up like the day this popped up, but for some reason none of my pics would show up. I had made sure to sign up on Gravatar with my e-mail in lowercase like I do for everythjing else, so i figured there would be no problem. It figures that this was the one time I actually listed my e-mail in caps; here on Metalunderground, so I just fixed that and now my picture is showing up. I felt like such a dolt!

Yes it would and I got another great idea, I'll just throw one of my daughter's diapers in her face so it will stick and we'll get great laugh out of it...and I hope she sues because all the world will see the images over and over again and see me in court holding my sides rolling on the ground and then the jurors laughing their asses off and so on. The most ridiculous trial EVER. Can't wait...

*grins* SWEET! By the way, what is her name? If you want to e-mail it to me that is o.k and I promise to never mention the name anywhere on-line. Also, I send her hugs and kisses on her new lil cheeks! :)

She should get an award like the most persevering user on MU...who can actually keep up on a freaking phone ? Hey you guys should do an gala each year and we would vote for the users in categories like : best at insults, most philosophical, best negotiator, best name, best avatar, best french Canadian member from Quebec city...hum !!!

Well Red, its got its down sides and some up sides as far as being a phone user goes. Up sides are that I can post on the go and from the comfort of my bed laying down. My new cell is much better than my old one and can let me post past 50 (THAT sucked if you remember) Down side is that I cant view videos and music without making arrangements to get to a real comp. Typeing is sort of an issue at times, but over all its easy for me now.

Deathbringer, my thoughts exactly, but whatever it is that fixed it I thank.

Maybe you guys could help ot an indecisive Libra? What Avitiar would bd befitting for me? In past boards I did a Star of Baphomet, but feel that that gets tired out after awhile. Not that I am less of a Satanist. Maybe a good pic of Kali Ma?

Oh yeah the south park song, I remember now, that was hilarious...a lot of french Canadians do not have a sense of humour about it because they are separatists a$$ heads.Kalis, the best way to go about an avatar is to go simple and put something that represents you truly, not something you wish you could be. As you all know I am a counsellor in finding avatars and all you could know is in my new book (tragically unpublished yet) avatars and you : why choosing an avatar has so much meaning in your life and could avoid a painful and shameful death.

The sequel is ready (it too tragically unpublished...YET !) : so you screwed up choosing an avatar and the police is on your porch with all the stuff to blow your brains out : how to get back on track.

I meant to post some suggestions for Avatar makers, but I'll do that in the FAQ later. We have some very metal avatars here so far. These avatar creators would give more cartoony results, but you can still make them somewhat metal. (I made a goth/bm looking lego head for the hell of it).

Cool feature... but I have a bit of a bug (?) report. You can't look at the previous day's news anymore! The current day is the only news you can access. I noticed because I was recently away for a weekend and couldn't go back.

Sorry if this was already covered, but I found nothing about it. The site's really looking great, liking all of the new features.

A tie ? Nononononononononononon, you say that but you haven't seen my latest dvd, how to be the dorkiest dork of 'em all...that one was published (when I mean that one I am literally talking about one book) but was destroyed by the hot people in high school a long time ago. Since I am sure that they are hiding somewhere close to make sure it doesn't come out again, I will not publish it at this point...

No, you ment dvd. Saw it already and have to say Red, dressing like Lord Vader amd going into class in the middle of December is pretty dorky. Adding that you kept telling your teacher he best give you an A on your science test because "you are his father" is just the iceing on the cake! *LOL* :p

Aw no-one guessed mine the other day... for all those who were wondering my avatar is from Gorgut's "Obscura" album. Incredible band and that album.. everything about it is so strange, so perfect. Also has a beautiful cover and lyrics.

Yes you are right about that, she is quite mad, but that's the way we like her. It's a shame that you guys are not normal like me...hou ! Gotta go, that leprechaun bastard just fingered me, I'm gonna shoot him.

Yeah those little bastards, and there was not even a rainbow..they are getting really confident those little green b****es. But next rainbow, I'll shoot one and get his pot of gold, then we'll see who laughs...

Well obviously he's the leprechaun, he admitted it. About the finger thing...hahaha ! you know what I mean you crazy girl, he did not put his finger....ah well ! See where that took us ? I need a beer now... *Red_Chord gets beer and mixes it with a healthy dose of Jack Daniels*

Red_Chord - hope the wee lil one is doing good.... At some point in the near future, I'll send ya an email and try an fill you in on some details of my last year orso... pretty crazy and complicated but then thats really nothing new for me.... btw - Ive never had the chance to try any of that killer BC herb.... but Im not giving up hope...!!

Kalis_ - hope things are OK for you and the ol man..... I'll be getting an email off to you real soon... The new job has had me pretty busy and REALLY tired in the evenings...!!

those pesky leprechauns are definatly creations of nu metal. I'd say the devil but he has the best tunes going. plus he's my stand in during my time on earth amongst you mere mortals.

its 0045, the madness ahs begun and im pulling an all nighter watching rambo, rocky 1 & 2 and maybe predator as well as blasting out the new priest album.. i'd say drop me a message on msn but who'd want to do that...

happy leprechau8n hunting tonight people.. aim for the head unless you want to toy with them first.

well Kalis_, Im still breathing.....!! The new job is OK... will be alot better once the paychecks start rollin in... The personal life is feeling like a broken record... but hopefully not for too much longer..!!

Hey Godlike, lighten up, we don't use records anymore, we use cds. So the worst that could happen is that you would have as scratch in your personal life not a whole broken record, and the trick to fix a scratched cd is to put a banana peel on it then lightly wash it...no Kalis putting Jack on it won't help fix it put it sure will make you fell better...

About the leprechauns, yes they are evil but they are not a product of new metal (I can't believe I agree with a leprechaun). But still they are pesky and not very polite.

AND STOP SAYING THAT I GOT FINGERED AS IN FINGER IN MY DOODLEDOO, I WAS TALKING ABOUT SHOWING THE MIDDLE FINGER IN THE AIR...OH !!! fOR CRYING OUT LOUD, I CAN BET MY 2 CENTS THAT YOU GUYS WILL FIND A WAY TO TURN THAT PHRASE INTO SOMETING GROSS AND SEXUAL...OH YEAH !!!

Wouldn't you like to know? ;)Ahh, well, I suppose I can tell. You see...there was this cat by the name of Odin, and this ho Whoopee Goldberg, and they made sexy time. Now I'm here, cursed to spend all eternity violating dead terrorists, like I did Red_Chord.

Hell, it seems that lately depression is a welcomed emotion... its better than being aggravated and annoyed...!!I'm trying to make things better.. believe me.. but things can only progress so fast... Im getting WAY too anxious for something new and that causes alot of frustration..!!

they have seen some proper nasty stuff in their time, i got no idea though what could possibly make them so disgusted.. they havnt left the showers for hours now, they keep chimping to themselves about must get clean must get clean...

Well when they came to my backyard, I was waiting for them..I was hiding and...I used their tactics against them. I threw my feces at them plus the feces of my daughter and of a huge a$$ horse (I really don't know where that horse came from but he was there anyways so I capitalized on it) So the flying monkeys freaked out, went back to your place and...well...you got the result you got. they will never fly again...

i just need time to assemble their aircraft... the glue on those model kits gets everywhere, i've somehow stuck the instructions to the stuka to my left elbow and im not too sure where the pink paint came from but the lancaster bomber is definatly not one that would be used in a war movie...

Nah I won't, my army of p***ed off seagulls will destroy your monkeys. I fooled the seagulls into thinking that I created McDonalds so they are so grateful they consider me a god. But they are p***ed off at the monkeys because monkeys can peel bananas and they can't so the natural hatred comes from that...now, the seagulls are equipped with the latest technology : the super duper up your a$$ double head pink seeking missile...there is no way to stop that because you don't even know the technology because I invented it and there is no blue print...and I didn't tell anyone, not even my mommy. Plus, my missiles detect monkeys as well...so don't you come in my backyard again, you, your flying monkeys or any leprechauns...tata

due to your advanced technology in the field of weapons developement, the nice people at the american government have deci8ded that you are too big a risk. And seeing as they are having no luck locating bin laden they have decided that your technology is a direct threat to america.

they have just declared Red chord illegal and the missiles will launch in 5 minutes..

Dear Jackrum, at the time the USA launched their missiles I was asleep and in another world so their missiles did not really hurt me because I wasn't there, I was in lalaland. So it's a miss. But since you gave them away, I have built a super fat impenetrable shield against all attacks of any sort. The only way I could get this shield down is if all the Hawaiian tropic chicks show up at my place to give me a free show and more...but then I would get my shield up as soon as they are in. I also would know of they where agents of some sort or if they carried weapons because I have a mega outofthisworld detector that detects everything that can be detected and even things that ARE possibly capable of being detected but we don't know yet...By the way, there was Anthrax in my pooh !!!

Got a message lastnight from my ex that I hate. Dude wants to be friends even after all he did when I broke up with him. Namely taking a top-less pic with my ex-roomate and her tit in his mouth and sending the pic to my phone intentionaly. Lieing to my ex-roomate and saying that I had called her a slut when I didnt. She got p***ed, but the funny part is when ya f*** two men in one day with not even a shower between them what else do you call it?! Fvcking loosers can just live without my preasance! I dont need to be treated like the bad person because I am un-happy with someone and break it off! I suppose if I had just kept him as a boyfriend and kept leading him to believe I loved him that would have been what they want.

That's why i don't get drunk, I don't end up having problems. I cleaned my act several years ago, I was in a bar In Alberta (I used to live there then) and I was drunk and there was this part of me that said: is this really you and what you want to do with your life ? My answer was no so I left my beer there and the bar, never looked back, met my girlfriend afterwards, go settled and now the family. Never been so happy in my life...

My drinking is o.k when around trust worthy people. I never get drunk in public places. I will have at most three double Jacks and I am fine. Then when I get home and when its just me and my boyfriend have more. I just dont trust any other man other than him while drunk because of my exes bestfriend.

yeah, I just like to be clean, without anything that impairs my judgement or my contact with reality. My body was not meant to be that way so I keep it down to earth. I don't judge people who do it, it's just me...but that doesn't make me better than anybody else, I have my flaws...

Yeah it takes a stupid believer to do that !!! Hahahahahahaha. And no I am not holier than thou, I screw up sometimes and I am not proud of it. Anyways people that think that just because they are Christian are better never understood anything. you're trying to be better, that doesn't mean that you are. The higher you think you are, the longer and more painful the fall...

Every human of every faith/conviction is far frm perfect. We all make mistakes. Some big and some small. It matter most what one does with that mistake. Does one learn or does one allow history to repeat its self? Thoes who learn from them are sucessful. Thoes who dont fail. I learn from my mistakes.

OK Red_ Chord... an email is on its way to you as well, at some point real soon... It seems like forever since I shared any of that saga with ya... but fortunatly, I can say its finally over and done with for good this time...btw, I guess I wasnt sure if you even wanted to hear about those details anymore.... I kinda felt like an idiot when we last spoke of my woes... I see it all so clearly now, my problems stemmed from my own carelessness and letting Big Jim and twins do my thinkin for me...

Terminator - things are goin OK for me.... the new job is alright... it'll be much better when I can start driving full time and not have to do anything strenuous..!!

kali - im doing well. i got back from vacation earlier this week and behold....iowa weather still sucks. it's done flooding, but now its 90 with 110% humitidy...f***. but i guess i was spoiled as the weather was perfect for 3 weeks in the mountains in colorado.

godlike - hopefully that driving gig works out for you. who knows, it could be theraputic.

Ah... icy cold mountians sound wonderful right now! Had three bottles of water and my energy drink at work and sweat everything out! Never had to go to the bathroom and dont need to for a long time I am sure! Glad you are o.k Termie. :)

Godlike, letting your Johnson do all the talkin is easy to do. Learning to shut him up can be very hard... no pun intended there of course. *LOL*

Terminator - vacation in Colorado huh... cool..!! oh yeah.. driving is where its at... Im able to run my MP3 player through the trucks stereo system...with over 450 cds worth of music to listen to.. I have all the therapy I'll ever need.. \m/

Hey Godlike, i didn't mind you telling your stories, after all what are friends for...it's good to talk sometimes and I am glad to be there. And well I know Mr Weewee and the knuckleheads can be trouble but you can tell them you are the general and you tell them when to be on guard or at ease, not the other way around...you're the one who shoots the load of missiles when you want, not them, you're the one...no no just f***ing with you

yep thats the one... and oh my has ALOT happened since then... actually I really think it was about a year and a half ago...?? that was the last time I was using messenger....Im gonna give up having anything to do with women that much younger than me... well anything that lasts longer than an evening or two.... a weekend at the most ;)

morning.. are you mad ms kali.. its nearly 2300 been awake since 0400.. this aint great at all... sooo sleeepy, sod catching the swans.. i'll release the vampire smurfs.. that'll learn the swansnot to run away

My stud saw both their indoor and outdoor gigs and said both rocked imensely! From what I have gathered from all of their concert footage believe him. Seeing bands live on home turf I imagine would have a bit of an extra edge to it.

the SLAYER=S-HIT hata, coco motherf***ers hahahahahahahahahaha......but coco ain't here to stay at da moment....coco is simply walking down memory lane looking at da site dat i once dominated with da anti-slayer alliance....*sigh* grrrreat mothafukkin times baby....yeah....2006 baby da year coco owned this place

there are a couple of sumb****es of mine i remember, psythe, slayerdisciple, godlike, stabbingthedrama.....

and most of all deathbringer and remembermetal...hey hey hey coco is here to have fun passing by and saying holla to you all reminscing the motherf***in times....dat....hehehehe....might come back....

but i am proud of metalunderground....it was stale yet entertaining a$$ site in back in 06 during da coco and red devil and lord agony era.....

now you got all this fancy sh** here....look at this avatars, now all you need is some motherf***in chat rooms or some sh**....

but hey with all due respect don't think for one sec dat becuz coco has been away for far to long you think you own this MU....

Nah haven't but intending to see it...I love Zombie movies, I love dumb as f*** Zombies, moaning and walking around with their arms straight and their ugly as f*** butt face all decomposed. Like I told you I am reading a book about Zombies and it's a blast. i wish they'd exist so I could blow their brains out. Especially if someone you really don't like turned into a zombie, you go like this when you see him : HELLO ! You just made my day and it's legal. And then you can had a phrase like this : Enjoy your bullet meal f***head...hahahahahahaWhat did the zombie do after he dumped his girlfriend? He wiped his butt."

Yeah that movie is pretty funny. You know the guy who wrote World war Z (Max Brook) also wrote a satirical book called the Zombie survival guide. It's pretty hilarious, you should check it out. Kalis read World war Z, it's pretty good...makes you wonder if something like that would happen...

What did the zombie's friend say when he introduced him to his girlfriend?Good grief! Where did you dig her up from?

Well Night of the living dead is one of my favourite, 28 days later, 28 weeks later...etc etc.Vampires are cool but they are too powerful. Nothing beats a good stupid dumbass Zombie that goes for you arms straight, moaning and then you blow his brains out. At least you have a chance whereas you got no chance against a Vampire...unless your last name is Van Helsing...

Again miss smarty pants, I don't think the Vampire will care much for that answer...Hum listen Drak, I really don't have an ID but I swear on my garlic plant's head that my last name is Van Helsing...I am a close relative to empress SiSi..(that should get rid of him)

Drac is an old fart with dementia. He would believe you if you said you were a smurf! Now, if we were talkin about the vamps on Interview, you may want to think about getting the Van Helsing family crest tattoed on you somewhere.

Speaking of ink... who is inked on here? What do you have and any cool stories behind them? I have an upside down cross with the Roman numerals for 666 underneath. I also have the Slipknot tribal S on the back of my neck. They were my first extreme metal band I got into and dont forget my roots. My next will be the yellow ribbion on my right wrist in support of our (U.S) troops out on tour. In peace time we even have troops out in other countries. Then the Star of Baphomet on my left wrist.

I have one on my left shoulder and get this my friend, it is a cross with an halo behind it. It is a metal cross that I had a picture of and the dude that did the tattoo worked with me on it to make it look cool. i also have a project for a second one that is a little bit more complicated, it involves a shield, 2 swords and four signs that will form the crest of the shield, also related to my beliefs...as you know I am Christian so it's all in good faith.

Hahaha! If I were a christian I would agree. All of my tatts related to my religion go on my left side. I only have 5 places on my body that I can tat and have it look right; my legs (below my knee,) my arms, and sholdiers. Had my ex, who was a tatt artist draw on my tummy and it made my tummy look awful! My thighs are too thick as I could crush a watermellon easy with them, and I REFUSE to tatt my arse. Women with tatts on their arse have low class!

One on each arm.. granted my right arm sleeve is made up of several separate tattoos, theyre all tied together into one large piece... ( an award winning piece I might add )My left arm only has the one... but it stretches from the elbow up over the shoulder..!!

Not too bad....although it seems that the company I started workin for, have began having some money troubles.... so it just might mean that I go back to collecting unemployment until something better comes along... I still have about 4 months worth of unemp to collect from ;)

On the personal side of things... it seems to be getting better everyday.... perhaps I'll get that email sent off to ya over this weekend...??

At this time.... Im getting things together and heading to the weekly jam session... rumour has it that there just might me a little Lebonese blond hash floating around...mmmmmmmmm that should make playing really interesting.. ;-)--~ ~

It can be done if you know what you are doing Termie. By that I mean you have taken the proper classes and such.

Advice for thoes who have no ink, but intend on doing so; As tempting as it may be DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL BEFORE YOU GET INKED! You will ruin your tat and it will cost more to get it fixed. Alcohol effects your blood and skin and the ink wont take, so it will run while its wet. Wait atleast a day or even better until its healed before you drink. You will thank your self in the long run.

No tats here. I'd love one but I basically look like Red's Achmed with skin cause I have no muscle mass. So one, it'd hurt 10x more, and two, the average tat wouldn't look nice. I did have a friend trace out my bone structure on my arms with a Sharpie once. That looked sweet.

"Speaking of ink... who is inked on here? What do you have and any cool stories behind them? I have an upside down cross with the Roman numerals for 666 underneath. I also have the Slipknot tribal S on the back of my neck."

I'm not, YET. I was thinking about gettint the Sepultura "S" on my right arm, but i want it to look ORIGINAL, not just black..

I saw people talking about tattoos and I had to get involved. I have four tats, 2 on each arm. I have the yankees ny logo cause i'm a yankees fan and from new york. I have a crow tattoo from the first movie. Both of those are on my right arm. My left arm I guess is what I would call my comic book arm. I have the venom spider and a skull on fire which I got from a ghost rider marvel knights cover(One of the coolest skull images ever) I'm planing to get a tattoo on my stomach of 2 guitars with the necks crossing into an X. One acoustic guitar with the word love in it and a electric guitar with the word anger in it. Thats what music means to me and thats gonna be my tat for it. It's the 2 emotions I feel the most when I am into music whether it's playing it or listening to it. In the future I want to get a phoenix on my back. JUst thought I would share.

Sounds neat Warlock! I have to say that the skull design on Brian Lumley's "Necroscope" is my favorite. That is not only the way a vamp novel should be writen, but that skull rocks! Brian Lumley makes Anne Rice look like a childrens book author and want to get that skull and "Necroscope" on top of it on my right ankle maybe. May just do the skull.

OK, so my tats are hard to see in that pic.... The right sleeve is made up entirely of Native American art including small symbols interwoven with a Medicine man, bear head, white buffalo head,mountain lion,a wolf, painted horse, an Indian brave as well as a young Indian woman, an eagle, a rattlesnake, a dream catcher, an owl and last but not least a peace pipe..!! many many MANY hours of work...!!!

The left arm piece is a green/red Dragon with purple/black wings set amongst a series of planets and moons...

Kalis_ ... indeed there is Native American blood in my family... all from my Fathers side of the family...his mother/my Grandmother was full blooded Iroquois indian from the Ohio/Pennsylvania area..!! Moms side of the family is 100% Norwegian..!! what a combination...!!

Yes Dragons are quite cool... mine is more of the fantasy/mythical type of dragon rather than the Asian dragons..!!

Its been a few years since Ive had any inking done.... really getting the itch with all this talk of tats...!! I just might have to get something done one of these days..?? been thinkin of something on the back of my shaved head...??

I would say a dart board desigin for the back of your head, but uh... some idiot will take it seriously. *LOL* Norwegian and Native American is an interesting blend! I bet you get the same response I do when I have revield I am Swedish and Spanish Basque; *person gulps nervously* "heh... what a plesent mixture" *person proceeds to be extra friendly*

ah ha....they say great minds think alike.... well that was already the idea...Gibson serial numbers use 8 digits... 1st and 5th are the year..digits 2-4 are the day of the year and digits 6-8 represents the number of guitar stamped on that day.... well, to make it easier I would use the last 3 digits as the 5th child born... so the tattoo would look somthing like this..

Well you know, birthday is cool, but the made in USA is not in your best interest because nobody will buy you because you have cheap labour in Mexico, so they will assume that you are expensive and look somewhere else for a Godlike...I mean you want people to buy you right ????

hahaha, once again the mighty Red_Chord brings some humor into the conversation...!! So hows the little one...eh..? got her listenin to metal yet..?

At one point.. I was thinkin of using the name "Godlike" for my own customized guitars..(which wasactually suggested by Kalis_ herself.!!) Ive completed a few projects...but I just cant bring myself to sell em.... kinda like my babies after I spent so much time with em.. Its also kinda cool having a half a dozen guitars on hangers around my toyroom ;)

Yes Kalis_ 1/21/69 is the ol Bday..!! that means the BIG 40 is right around the corner.. And thats freakin me out... my oldest brother died of a heart attack at 40 :(

On a happier note... the garden looks amazing..!! Tomatoes and Peppers everywhere... and the chamomile should be starting to flower in the next couple weeks ;)--~ ~

Hey, what do ya know Kali the drunk can decode with little instruction! *LOL* I forget exactly the name I came up with. Wasnt it something like "Godlike customs" or "Godlike creations" something like that? Would have to search the e-mail trail for that.

No dieing on your 40th bday damn it! I will have Satan himself hold you in contempt of Kali's court and dis-obeying her orders for you to die a VERY old man! :PGlad the garden is well. Been cravin chammomile alot lately. ;)

Kalis and Godlike, the family is good, the little one is getting bigger and she's a very curious little girl...just like her dad.No I didn't make her listen to metal and I don't think I will cause I am not sure I want her to turn into a metal chick...that would be kinda weird and my girlfriend would be p***ed at me...LOLAnd Kalis, Satan sucks...hahahahahahahahahaha, sorry had to do it, no hard feelings...hahahahaha

If I ever have a kid I hope she/he loves metal just as much as me. If she/he ends up liking a different kind of music, I will love it just the same. Red, why would your lady be mad at you for having her listen to the very same music that the man she made love to listens to?

So the cops in Wa drive dark blue cars. They are not easily visable at night. I went to the store to grab a pack of smokes after my love and I got back from Hellboy and as per usual at night I walk very quick and strong. Many say I look like I am running. So walking into the parking lot of my apt complex a car pulls in and I being keen to my surroundings even while drunk begin to manuver in a manner that I am safely away from the car with of course blade in hand in my pocket ready to rock at any point. The car door opens up and the man in it says "hello mam, I am with the Washigton sate patrol. Do you live around here?" I tell him I do and point to the building I live in and hep asks if I am o.k and would like an escort to my door, and I let him know that I am fine and need no assistance and he lets me go. WHEW! Thought I was about to have to kick some arse!

From my perspective, maybe he thought there was a perp by the way I was walking? He was not mean or anything, so I dont really think he was hasseling me. Red, good to know you were joking. Got worried there. *LOL*

You should've beat the cop down, it's legal anyways, there must be something in those amendments of yours, I mean everybody can get a gun for free with any froot loops purchase, so there must be something about beating the sh** out of cops that are talking to you at night for no reasons...

Well, Red_Chord and Kalis_ , Ive decided that I'm gonna sit down tomorrow am and write some emails.... hopefully they wont end up being novels... seems there is alot to tell...and not really anyone to talk to...

Hails to that Red! Have had a few of thoes "friends" and they suck! I would rather die knowing that I was a good, honest and loyal friend than a pvssy that freaked out when things got a little hard! Had to drop friends, but had to do so as they turned out not to be decent people, but that is different from just because they needed my help.

Paul Mccartney was playing in town last night. This guy is unbelievable, all the songs he wrote or co-wrote...it was an honour to have him in Quebec City play all these great timeless songs...what a blast.Now playing : DEP Unretrofied

OK, so I didnt get any emails sent out today.... I was busy takin some tests and seeing my Doc.oh yeah., I got a new cell phone an Ive spent the last couple hours f^ckin around with it.... frustratin the hell outa me..!!

I know men dont normally dothe whole reading of instruction manuals deal, but Godlike take a read at your instruction manual for your phone. I had to for my new phone and glad I did because it told me how to do all kinds of fun stuff. What kind did you get? Regarding the e-mail, no worries. I am not going anywhere. :)

Someone remind me to tell LM about a band Hanzle und Gretel when he gets back please? Thoes who havent heard them and like agressive metal industrial (like Rammstien) check em out! I garentee no dissapointment!

Kalis_ - unlike most men.... I have read the instruction manual...hahahaha.. I got the MOTOKRZR...and I think Ive got it figured out now.... free nights and weekends.... maybe a phone call in the future..???

Not a fan of any of the Razor phones. The buttons are aggrivating and their menus and such very confuseing. The phone I have is like the Razors, but has better buttons ane easier to use. Glad though you got it figured out. :)

Holy sh** I say this tentatively, but I think Batman Dark Knight was the best movie I have ever seen. Spiderman 3 could have learned a lot about fitting three villians in one movie and pulling it off briliantly if they had watched this movie first.

All I have to say is that the "pencil-dissapearing trick" was the most Metal thing in the history of the universe. Fvckin watch this goddamned movie if you enjoy quality awesomeness and psychopaths.

Now Playing: Dissonant- "Charles Bronson" (and trying to get Batman on bootleg so i Can watch it again)

What I meant is that it's so freaking insane that I would rather take a nice bicycle ride than driving those things...I'll draw you a picture...hehehehehehehehe. your niece says hi by the way (well I guess that noise meant hello, although it's funny it smells at the same time )

Hehehe! HI SWEETIE! *kisses her lil cheeks* Gottch now Red! Nothing beats a good shot of adreniline! My family is know to hop in cars and on motorcycles to get a dose of it. My father is an experianced trials rider and along with my grandfather Bob (we call him Goppa Bob,) an experianced sky diver. My Mum is a licenced race car driver. I want to sky dive, trials ride and race too.

mwahahahahahahaahahahahahahahaaha.. i'll be takin pics and possibly sticking them on myspace or facebook.. if i do i may stick a link of some kind for people to see the joy of wacken through a drunken londoners eyes.

Red_Chord and Kalis_ - Ok, still no emails written...I was outta town for a day or two.....and oddly enough there was an update to the whole situation over the course of the last few days, which has left me in alot better frame of mind...!!

Jackrum - a bit of jealousy here too, the Wacken experience would be pretty cool..!!

we should pretend that jackrum doesn't exists so the pain of NOT being at wacken and NOT seeing carcass will go away...ah but he's a friend so i can't do that....damn you jackrum.....noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

everythings just peachy for me Kalis_ - enjoying just a few more days of "me" time ;-)--~ ~

Starting next week, the official cleansing of my body begins.. D.O.T. physical/drug testing is a little more thorough than the average "pre-employment" drug tests... So Im gonna have to take at least a couple weeks to get my p^ss straight.. along with a flush kit the day before of course..!!

As for anything else...?? Its a wonderful sunny day and only 75 degrees... I think Im gonna do some cleaning and waxing on the ol ladies vintage musclecar.... maybe take it out for a cruise this weekend..?? It averages about 11 miles to the gallon so its gonna be a short cruise..!!!

Black Sabbath - Hot Line ...from the "Born Again" album with Ian Gillian singing.. This has to be one the heaviest Black Sabbath albums ever..!!!

Yeah, its quite a tough decision to make.. Ive been smoking herb off and on for 25 yrs..!I spent part of the 90s driving over the road.... I didnt smoke for a few years back then because of random testing.... and Im well aware that its foolish to try and smoke and drive, but its pure stupidity to try an drive something as big as damn semi, while being stoned....!! Trucking companies do ALOT more random p^ss tests than most other occupations... for safety reasons of course...!!!So anyway... its been 10 years since Ive given up herb for longer than a week or two :(and sadly, it seems that I may not even be able to enjoy my own homegrown chamomile when its time to harvest... and that really SUCKS..!!!

But the paychecks are gonna be excellent...!!! thinking of more toys already..!!

Kalis- I dont like the thought of selling.... never been much for the risk... I buy for me and thats it...and its been from the same guys for 10-15 yrs....So instead of selling... perhaps it will be frozen or buried... for a future special occasion..??There are only 3 plants and Ive been topping them at just over 2 feet tall... so theyre short and stout like a shrub... .which means way less buds but WAY more potent buds..... instead of feeding THC to a 15 feet tall plant with a gazillion little buds.... Ive trimmed and pruned these to only have maybe 5-6 buds per plant.. and theyre gonna be a thing of beauty...!!!

Godlike, that is probably the smart move. When I had more thought to it realized if you got cought selling would loose your job, and most likely end up paying more getting put in jail AND not ever be able to drive again.

Jackrum, sounds also like a good plan. I hope you have a blast and live to tell the tale! :)

Haha I don't see godlike as someone who would like Carcass altogether too much, but what the hell give em a listen; I like em, but then again I like Slipknot too, so what does that say about my tastes :p

I would reccomend at least a thread on a band that a lot of people hate, and a lot of people love, like Metallica or Slipknot or something like that, that way we get a constant influx of people to argue with, makes the conversations more fun! Then again, I don't think we have any control over which one becomes the chat thread, it just ends up being whichever one we end up with a good chat in!

how about, and heres where things get insanely complex.... how about, seriously hear me out...

how about actually just making a thread for chat only? might be simpler than setting up a java script chat room or something similar. or at least setting up a private message system for registered users.